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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Paper Piecing...Danni Style

When Suzanne our Design Team leader announced that we'd be doing tutorials, I went ACK! LOL! But after I had time to think about it, I realized that it's okay, it doesn't have to be "perfect" it's just how "I" do something. Cool. LOL!

I decided to show you how I do paper piecing. I remember a few years ago when I had only been stamping a wee bit someone told me that something would look great if I had paper pieced it. Say what? I nodded my head and said, okay thanks. I just brushed it off and thought yeah right, whatever.

Well, fast forward to recently when I discovered the world of blogging and saw all the inspiration out there and guess what, people were paper piecing!!! OHHHH, so that's what that is! It really is a fun way to add a little "wow" to your images.

For my tutorial I'm going to be using Bunnie. Isn't she just too fun?I thought the best way to show you the extra little "wow" this gives your image is to show you both ways--just colored and then paper pieced.Both ways start the same way--with a stamped image.

You color the image the way you want for both ways also.When I paper piece I always color under where the paper is going to go but I know some people don't, just your own personal preference.

For the next step you need to choose what paper you want to use. I chose some gorgeous Laura Ashley Traditonal paper. The pattern I chose has a look to it just like fabric, perfect for Ms. Bunnie's robe.

Once you have your paper you need to stamp your image onto it, if you're just piecing a small section--just stamp that part. (Don't you love the green face? LOL!)

Next you carefully cut out the section you want to piece on. For this example it's the robe. I usually try to cut right on the black line.

After I get the section cut out, I take a black pen and on it's side, or if you have a brush tip, I go around the image to fill in any places that maybe I cut too close--this just gives it a more finished look. (Sorry no photo--couldn't do it and hold the camera at the same time!) I did try to do a before the pen and after....Next you adhere your sections to your image. I know some people use pop dots to give a bit of dimension, but for this example I just adhered it right to the image.And that's all there is to it!!Here's the image just colored-

WOOOOOHOOOO!!! What a GREAT first tutorial...Your did great girlfriend!!! I totally understood it the first time around LOL (very unusual for me!)...I love watching your creativity shine and blossom!! I can't wait to see your next one!! Big Hugs!!! Willow

Danni I absolutely loved your tutorial! It was WONDERFUL and very informative! You did great girl! And you are right the paper piecing really does add that extra WOW factor! Loved it! Great job!hugs~ Kim

Great job, Danni! Your instructions are really clear and precise. Anyone could do paper piecing after reading your directions. Thanks so much for your hard work on this and for sharing this technique!!

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